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- VEHIGLE JUMP SEAT. No. 283,370. v'Pajened Aug. 2l, 1883.

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4 UNITED STATES OORNELUS BAUER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS T. HAYDOOK, OF SAME PLAGE.

VEHICLE JUMP-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,370, dated August 21, 1883.

Application filed December 27, 1382. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, CORNELIUS BAUER, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Jumping readily shifted, either singly or collectiv ely,v

to different positions to suit the convenience of the occupants.'

In the accompanying drawings, Figures l, 2, and 3 are similar sectional elevations, showing `four diverse arrangements of seats in a convertible one or two seated vehicle embody ing my invention. Figs. 2i and 5 show -to a larger scale my automatic lock as applied to the left and right hand seat-connections, respectively. A` may represent the door, and B the footboard, of a carriage or vehicle. C is the rear and D the front seat;

The parts now to be described represent the left-hand one of two precisely-identical apparatus, which coa-ct to support the two seats in the several positions indicated.

`E are legs, which terminate in wrists or pivots e, that occupy boxes F, attached to the floor` and to the under sides of the seats, respectively. Each leg of the rear seat terminates in an obliquely angular T head, e', which serves to support the seat either in the rearward position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or in the forward position, as shown by strong lines in Fig. 3 and by dotted lines in Fig. 2. vA

.brace post, G, carries at or near its upper end the fulcrum g of a lever, H. A pivot, h, at one end of the leverv H, connects the said lever to a rod, I, a pivot, i, on which connects said rod with a front leg of the rear seat. The other end of the lever H has a wrist, h', that occupies a slot, j, in an arm, J, whose lower eX- tremity is coupled by a pivot, j', to a rear leg of the front seat. A spring-catch, l, serves to automatically lock togetherthe arm J and the seat-leg to which itis pivoted, as shown in Figs. l and 3. The catch K engages over a striker, K. A cam or button, L; which can he made to bear against the wrist h', or which does so automatically by the force of its own 5o gravity, .serves to lock the wrist to the position shown in Fig. l, and co-operates with the `parts Ahereinbefore mentioned to hold both seats securely to the positions indicated in that figure, thus affording a twoseated vehicle for 55 adults. Simply unfastening the locks K L liberates the front seat, D, for being shifted to its more forward and lower position, (shown in Fig. 2,) either to facilitate entrance or exit of passengers, or for the use of children. Ac- 6o companying such transposition of the forward seat, D, the rear seat, C, with its attachments, may be shifted to the more forward position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and by strong lines in Fig. 3. Still another arrange- 6 5 ment of the parts is shown in Fig. 3, in which, the front seat being drawn backward and downward, and the rear seat being drawn forward, vthe device isconverted into a single-seated vehicle. 7o

Simultaneous liberation of the locks K and L on both sides of the vehicle is facilitated by handles la Z,- which, extending athwart the vehicle below the seat, are common to the simi-- lar catches on both sides. 75

Rests M prevent the catches K falling beiow their normal position. j

l claim herein as new and of my invention- '1. Inavehicle, the arrangement oftwo seats, C D, hinged or pivoted to oscillating legs E, 8o in the. described combination with brace-post G, lever H, rod I, and the slotted arm J hinged or pivoted to the rear leg of front seat, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with the seats G D, os- 8 5 cillating legs E, brace-post G, lever H, rod I, and hinged and slotted arm J, the self-locking clasp K, for the purpose explained.

3. In combination with the`arm J, hinged to a rear leg of the front seat, and with the 9o sliding connection H, the locking-cam L, for the purpose.set forth.

. In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

CORNELIUS BAUER. Attest:

Gno. H. KNIGHT,

SAML. S. CARPENTER.- 

